Repost By @elainasydney: Double tap if you agree! 🖕
Do animals feel pain? The answer is yes. Spend a few minutes in an animals presence and you'll know this. I've been vegan for almost two years and look at me, I'm still alive, kicking and shit, in fact I feel better than ever. 😉 Let's forget the obvious that animals don't speak our language whether yours be english, french, german or chinese... They communicate with us with actions, with their own language. Who's stroked a cat before? 🙋‍♀️ They show they like your touch by purring or rubbing against you. Maybe even meowing. If they don't warrant the attention, they may hiss, move away or bite you. After all actions speak louder than any words! Animals have a central nervice system and brain meaning they can feel pain and have their thoughts and emotions. Growing up I was taught the motto "treat others how you would like to be treated." Now I extend this saying to all creatures on this earth. ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀
⚠️ Let's talk about the upsetting animal footage that is shared on instagram. Everyone has seen some. Animals being abused, slaughtered or being mistreated. You as a human can feel empathy recognising pain and being able to relate to other beings. Turning a blind eye, quickly scrolling past or dismissing what you see does not mean it goes away. 3,000 animals are killed every second in slaughterhouses across the world. Over 150 billion animals are killed over the world yearly. This doesn't even include animals in vivisection, shelters or held captive for zoos, circuses or marine parks. Nor does it count animals forced into blood sports whom are used for gambling or entertainment. 😭 If you can't watch their deaths, you certainly should not be eating their dead bodies. Question the world we live in? I certainly do.⠀⠀⠀ ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀
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Feeding a snake can be a controversial topic, so here are the facts about it.
Do I feed my reptile live or frozen-thawed?
Feeding a snake live can encourage natural instincts HOWEVER it comes with a risk. In some cases the mouse can claw at or bite back and wound your reptile, open wounds can get infected quickly which can lead to fatality. When fed prey to large, there have been cases where rodents actually eat the snake if the snake didn’t have an appetite or didn’t coil around the prey properly. Feeding live should be reserved for snakes that refuse to eat anything else.
Feeding the snake frozen-thawed is less painful for everyone involved. You can thaw the mouse in hot (not boiling) water until it is completely thawed. Cold spots can cause regurgitation so be sure it is warm. You can stimulate your snake by moving the mouse around with tongs, this also encourages natural hunting behaviors.
Do I feed it in or outside its enclosure?
Feeding a snake outside its cage induces more stress on the snake, moving it around for a meal can make a snake less likely to eat and upset them greatly. Handling them is also messing with the digestive process and can even lead to regurgitation. Digestion is one of the most difficult and stressful things a snake goes through, so it is best to make this process as easy as possible which means feeding it in its cage.
When feeding a snake inside the enclosure it is commonly warned that this will lead to cage aggression, but in reality feeding them outside their enclosures can teach them to start hunting when they’re taken out, meaning it teaches them to be aggressive when handled.
That being said, some snakes do have cage aggression and in these instances feeding them in a separate tub is easier for the handler. At the end of the day, it depends on the personality of your snake to determine what is the right choice for you.

We would like to send a huge thank you to Thais Carnall and @corridorvegweek for bringing such a cool week long event in eastern Iowa. 🌱
Corridor Veg Week is not only a week of a ton of restaurants offering special vegan menus, but a lot of them donate proceeds to Iowa Farm Sanctuary! These restaurants donated an incredible $1980!
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Thank your, Thais, Corridor Veg Week, all of the awesome vegans in eastern Iowa, and the restaurants who contributed;
@cappyspizzeria
@caucho.restaurant
@dumplingdarlingiowacity
@thefullbowlcr
@greyhound_deli_cafe
@lionbridgebrew
@rawliciouscr
@reds.alehouse
@thatonecupcakeplace
@trumpetblossom
#iowafarmsanctuary#compassionliveshere

🍱 VEGAN SUSHI 🍱 back in DK so tried @karmasushi as they have a whole vegan menu and everything on it is out of this world 🤩 vegan sushi platter and dessert of white brownie, passion fruit sorbet, Japanese meringue // chewy Fiji chunks with caramel 🤯🤭🤤